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Principal Investigator: HEATHER R DESAIRE
Organization: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE
Fiscal Year: 2024
Award: $2,261,838
Funding agency: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Summary
Through this new NIH-funded biomedical center at the University of Kansas (KU), we aspire to leverage big
data to improve women’s health. A strong and diverse inaugural group of Research Project Leaders, spanning
the laboratory sciences and social/behavioral sciences would lead the research. Their goals include:
improving the detection and treatment of ovarian cancer; developing a better understanding of estrogen’s link
to neurodegeneration; providing women, who are at higher risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, with tools they can use
to improve their lifestyle and reduce disease probability; additionally, two different projects seek to improve
women’s health by studying lifestyles, overall health, and the impact of health-improving innovations (i.e
telemedicine) in a geographic and sex-differentiated context so that limited public health funds can be
leveraged for maximal public good. The Center would enable progress on these projects and others at the
interface of data science and women’s health by providing a strong administrative structure organized around
the following Specific Aims: 1) Advance five RPLs’ research programs (through mentoring, grant-writing
support, and professional development) 2) Engage additional research faculty (through three new tenure-track
hires and a unique Research-Engaged Faculty Fellows Program); 3)Bolster Big Data research with core lab
support (through two initiatives, the development of a new core lab focused on Biomedical Datasets and
Services, and a voucher program, supported by university matching funds, that leverages KU’s 17 existing
centralized research core lab facilities.) The well-planned theme, excellent inaugural project leaders, close
coordination with university administration, and experienced Center Director and Associate-Director all lend
strong credibility that the goals would be achieved. The successful completion of these aims will markedly
increase the biomedical research capabilities on our campus, establishing at our institution a unique center that
leverages data science for advancing women’s health research.
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